Re:I am looking for a co-founder
by abstractbill on Sunday March 25, 2007 @11:59AM
(#6152)
"If you are a developer, I expect you to be very competent."
You don't expect other people you work with to be equally competent?
Maybe you wrote it this way because you find other competencies harder to evaluate. If that's the case, try the "animal test": http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html
Re:I am looking for a co-founder
by JoeEntrepreneur on Sunday March 25, 2007 @03:34PM
(#6173)
Exactly. There is no point in expecting cofounder to be competent in same areas. What is more important for cofounder is share same passion as you do. Technical stuff can be learned. Languages and technology comes and goes.
passion is emotional. It is necessary.
Unfortunately, brains and talent are also required and are innate.
Qualities:
-ability to get things done.
-integrity. honest and fair, but also being able to recognize the truth/reality (critical for business success, I believe).
-determination to dig out of a hole; perseverance but not stubbornness.
-humility; accepting the possibility you could be wrong even when you think you are right. willing to learn from others and situations
-admit responsibility when you screw up.
Skills:
Either business skills or the stuff I am deficient in: flash (seems like cool demos cant exist without them), javascript (to manipulate different media players), and able to design nice web pages.
If you are a developer, I expect you to be very competent.
I have an application that IMHO is different. It is close to beta, and I wrote it in Swing, Java. However, people say it is not user friendly. I have also lost a lot of time (in part, because I am cautious and also had bad advice. I should have released it long ago).
I am willing to give you a one hour online demo/presentation. However I would need some kind of assurance from you that the ideas will not be copied nor given or divulged to potential competitors.
Please email me and tell me more about yourself and if you think there might be a good match.
thanks,
Anil Philip
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http://juwo-works.blogspot.com/
http://juwo.com